Note found inside boys locker room

Students were sent home about 9 a.m. after a note was found inside the boys locker room, district officials said.

Police sent bomb-sniffing dogs throughout the campus around noon.

It is the second time in two weeks students were evacuated from Kimball High School because of a bomb threat. A third, nonbomb threat was made at Kimball High last week.

Senior Rhiannon Archbold was frustrated she had to leave class yet again during what she says is a critical time of year with test-taking.

"Whoever thinks this is funny -- this is ridiculous at this point," Archbold said.

Her mother, Monique, agrees.

She had to miss work to pick up her daughter at Kimball High, and previously missed work to pick up her son at Tracy High -- where there were bomb threats last week, as well.

"Thursday, I was here 85 minutes waiting ... today, we’re going on two hours and a half. I had to leave something important to me, to get someone important to me," Monique Archbold said.

School district officials said the series of threats has cost tens of thousands of dollars.

"It costs money, but more importantly, costs students instructional time," said Jessica Cardoza, a spokeswoman for the Tracy Unified School District.

Cardoza said the Tracy Police Department has been helping to beef up security at the schools.

Parents also have been notified of the serious charges their children can face for making threats or spreading rumors about the threats.

School bathrooms and locker rooms are constantly being checked as a result of these threats.

"I don’t know how school could continue if students aren’t vigilant about reporting any threats made. I think this needs to stop. Parents need to impress upon their kids how serious this is. The charges will follow them for the rest of their lives," Cardoza said.

Two students have been arrested so far for making bomb threats at Tracy High last week.

They face felony charges, including making terroristic threats.

Photos: Kimball HS evacuated due to bomb threat, again

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Students at Kimball High School in Tracy were evacuated Monday morning due to a bomb threat.